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April Wine - Stand Back Audio CD

A fair review of the April Wine "Stand Back" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all April Wine reviews here, or go back to the April Wine tabs.

April Wine Band: April Wine
Title: Stand Back
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Release Date: 2006-10-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Oowatanite 2: Don't Push Me Around 3: Cum Hear the Band 4: Slow Poke 5: Victim of Your Love 6: Baby Done Got Some Soul 7: I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love 8: Highway Hard Run 9: Not for You, Not for Rock & Roll 10: Wouldn't Want Your Love (Any Other Way) 11: Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love

Goodwyn one of rock's great songwriters
I was always amazed at how many albums April Wine released before "Roller" and "I Like to Rock" broke in America in the late 70s. When not out buying records, I would often go to a shop like Don's Discs in Thornton, Colorado, and just look at LPs and covers by my favorite bands. At random I selected the Stand Back LP from this group of early records and was not disappointed; the album contains several terrific songs, two of which are "Oowatanite" and "Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love. " Listening to "Wonderful Time" now (along with its 1994 update on the Frigate CD), I'm more convinced than ever that Myles Goodwyn is (and always was) one of rock's great songwriters. .


April Wine's First Self-Produced CD Is Also Their First Masterpiece
The album features several fine rockers, including "Oowatanite", "Don't Push Me Around", "Victim For Your Love", "Cum Hear The Band", the lovely "Tonite Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love", and the angry "Not For You, Not For Rock And Roll. STAND BACK, the first April Wine album that the band produced themselves, is also their first masterpiece. " The latter could, in the wake of leader Myles Goodwyn's opposition to Indonesia's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist, be seen as a guy saying he'll never fall victim to the temptation to wear clothing made in Indonesia for any reason, even if it means disappointing the woman he loves or looking totally out of style. The same could be said of "Don't Push Me Around. " This is a wonderful CD that shouldn't be passed up under any circumstances.


Sweet Wine
Never heard this album before but something in me is making me seek some old classic rock, that I missed the first time around, and this is a sweet find. I just got this, and it rocks. I am a fan of the Harder. . faster & Nature of the beast albums, and I can see how this lead to those. Excellent rock, that isn't to polished from success yet. Definitely a sound they lost when they got popular (MTV style).


Oowatanalbum
Certainly `Stand Back' isn't their most commercial success, but there is no doubt that this is the album that lifted the band out of of the muddle of casual popularity in Canada and saw their popularity explode worldwide. There remains a debate amongst April Wine fans as to which of their albums is " the best".

This is a great album, and is a must-have not just for April Wine fans, but for all fans of classic rock. From the opening bells and thundering riffs of Oowatanite to the final echoes of "Tonight Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love", this album offers straight ahead rock'n'roll, beautifully written ballads, and even some R&B for everyone's listening pleasure. And I do mean pleasure. Almost every song is a standout - particular highlights for me are "Cum Hear The Band", Don't Push Me Around", and "Victim Of Your Love", but it was the fact that "Tonight Is a Wonderful Time to Fall In Love" topped AM and FM charts for months that drove this album to multi-platinum status. "New" April Wine members Gary Moffet and Jerry Mercer (they joined the band during the recording of "Electic Jewels") really find their stride on this album, and the album represents the culmination (and regrettably, the demise) of the Myles Goodwyn/Jim Clench songwriting partnership.


OK, that's what I am talking about!
Some of the songs are a little too sappy but melodically this is a breakthrough. Finally there is something to enjoy! After three relatively mediocre albums April Wine finally created the first near-masterpiece of their career. "Oowatanite" and "Tonite is a Wonderful Time To Fall In Love" (which was later done even better on Frigate) are prime examples of the sappy power ballad but the quality is there - let's appreciate it and remember that this was 1975 and AW was therefore one of the founding fathers of the genre. "Slow Poke" is really a lot of fun, "Cum Hear the Band" is very enjoyable with its change of style. "I Wouldn't Want To Lose Your Love" is again a very good ballad and "Not For You Not For Rock & Roll" is fine stomping rocker.


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